Art and Society in Italy 1350-1500

by Welch, Evelyn

• ISBN13: 9780192842459
• ISBN10: 0192842455
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-05-08
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The traditional story of the Italian Renaissance- a succession of great achievements by famous artists- is familiar. But recently this well-known narrative has been revised and enriched by new scholarship.

Author Biography

Evelyn Welch is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex. Her publications include Art and Authority in Renaissance Milan (Yale, 1995).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
Artistic Enterprises	p. 35
Materials and Methods	p. 37
The Organization of Art	p. 79
Defining Relationships: Artists and Patrons	p. 103
Audiences for Art	p. 131
The Sacred Setting	p. 133
Sites of Devotion	p. 167
The Art of Government	p. 209
Creating Authority	p. 211
Rome and the Republics	p. 241
Art and the Household	p. 275
The Domestic Setting	p. 277
Notes	p. 312
List of Illustrations	p. 320
Bibliographic Essay	p. 326
Timeline	p. 336
Index	p. 346
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